Can Buying A Smaller Fork Reduce Standover Height?
01-14-14, 10:25 AM
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Unless Trek is doing something funky in the UK that they aren't doing in the US, the wheels aren't 650b. The Trek 3900 listed on the website says the wheels are 26" (ISO 559mm rims). A 29er (ISO 622mm) would only be taller.
As for the fork, you could gain a little bit of standover by going to a shorter travel fork but it will steepen the headtube angle. An a road bike, you might be able to get away with a steeper angle but on a mountain bike used off-road, a steeper head angle makes the bike more difficult to handle. It gets real twitchy when you don't want twitchy.
It's probably best to cut your losses and go to a smaller frame.
As for the fork, you could gain a little bit of standover by going to a shorter travel fork but it will steepen the headtube angle. An a road bike, you might be able to get away with a steeper angle but on a mountain bike used off-road, a steeper head angle makes the bike more difficult to handle. It gets real twitchy when you don't want twitchy.
It's probably best to cut your losses and go to a smaller frame.
Yes go for a smaller frame with bigger wheels when I can, they arent too expensive at the moment, when I get a job with cyclescheme attached or a decent wage packet in
03-19-14, 01:28 PM
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I sold it to a member of my cycling group for £40.
A loss sure but I know its gone to a good home and the lad it was bought for loves it
A loss sure but I know its gone to a good home and the lad it was bought for loves it
